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derekbruff

  1. STEAM = STEM + Arts? or STEAM = Science, Technology, Engineering, and Applied Mathematics? #AcronymShowdown
  2. @GregoryMcNeal Check out this Prezi and the references below it for some ideas: bit.ly/KMReNO
  3. @JBHigherEd @nmhouston @cookout70 @Chronotope @nitemaremodenet @sameneman @KLMLibrarian Thanks for the RTs today!
  4. Bookmarked: Elite universities won't upend the online learning market (essay) | Inside Higher Ed dlvr.it/1fL6cX #RevOrEv
  5. Doing some serious Inbox excavating.
  6. Just realized my laptop was still on Eastern Time. I just got a free hour!
  7. Vandy's Center for Medicine, Health, & Society hired five, count 'em, five new faculty for the fall: bit.ly/Kh2J2F. Wow.
  8. @bretbenesh Yes, yes you can! See the course blog for materials, including all clicker questions: bit.ly/x1iQap.
  9. The next ep in our "Student Learning on Display" podcast series is up! This one's about a psychology honors thesis: bit.ly/Kh25Cp
  10. @samplereality Thanks! I'm not sure how generalizable it is, but it helped me see a few things differently.
  11. New blog post: Diigo Versus Pinterest: The Student Perspective dlvr.it/1fJ8xr
  12. @cljennings Here's the link, in case it's useful: bit.ly/LKCZGQ.
  13. @cljennings Hutchings and Huber use the "commons" term to talk about the scholarship of teaching / teaching as a community endeavor.
  14. @cljennings Yeah, I deleted that tweet when I realized you were talking about "commons" in the context of learning spaces.
  15. @cljennings Once more, my favorite educational technology: flic.kr/p/atuk3v #serc12
  16. @samplereality You'll love what they did with Hank Pym!
  17. "Unfolding case studies" - I've heard the idea before, but not that particular term. Apparently, it's fairly well known in Nursing Ed.
  18. The SteelCase education catalog is making me drool. bit.ly/JyPBVU [PDF]
  19. @TSindelar Those photos of your active learning classroom really generated an interest here on Twitter! Lots of conversation about it.
  20. ...teams are asked to respond to questions. One team is designated to present their responses to the whole class via screen sharing. [2/2]